Torus To"rus noun ;
plural Tori . [ Latin , a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation. Confer 3d
Tore .]
1. (Architecture) A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Molding. Brande&C. 2. (Zoology) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolæ . 3. (Botany) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand. 4. (Geom.) See 3d Tore , 2.
Torved Torved adjective Stern; grim. See Torvous. [ Obsolete]
But yesterday his breath
Awed Rome, and his least torved frown was death.
J. Webster (1654).
Torvity Tor"vi·ty adjective [ Latin
torvitas . See
Torvous .]
Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness. [ Obsolete]
Torvous Tor"vous adjective [ Latin
torvus . ]
Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim. [ Obsolete]
That torvous , sour look produced by anger.
Derham.
Tory To"ry noun ;
plural Tories . [ Properly used of the Irish bogtrotters who robbed and plundered during the English civil wars, professing to be in sympathy with the royal cause; hence transferred to those who sought to maintain the extreme prerogatives of the crown; probably from Ir.
toiridhe ,
tor , a pursuer; akin to Ir. & Gael.
toir a pursuit.]
1. (Eng.Politics) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority. » The word
Tory first occurs in English history in 1679, during the struggle in Parliament occasioned by the introduction of the bill for the exclusion of the duke of York from the line of succession, and was applied by the advocates of the bill to its opponents as a title of obloquy or contempt. The Tories subsequently took a broader ground, and their leading principle became the maintenance of things as they were. The name, however, has for several years ceased to designate an existing party, but is rather applied to certain traditional maxims of public policy. The political successors of the Tories are now commonly known as
Conservatives .
New Am. Cyc. 2. (Amer. Hist.) One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.
Tory To"ry adjective Of ro pertaining to the Tories.
Toryism To"ry·ism noun The principles of the Tories.
Toscatter To·scat"ter transitive verb [ Prefix
to- +
scatter .]
To scatter in pieces; to divide. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Tose Tose transitive verb [ See
Touse ]
To tease, or comb, as wool. [ Obsoleteor Prov. Eng.]
Tosh Tosh adjective [ Confer Old French
tonce shorn ,
clipped , and English
tonsure .]
Neat; trim. [ Scot.]
Jomieson.
Toshred To·shred" transitive verb [ Prefix
to- +
shred . ]
To cut into shreads or pieces. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Toss Toss transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tossed ; (less properly
Tost );
present participle & verbal noun Tossing .] [ W.
tosiaw ,
tosio , to jerk, toss, snatch,
tos a quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ]
1. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball. 2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me,
He would not stay.
Addison. 3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat.
Act xxvii. 18. 4. To agitate; to make restless. Calm region once,
And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
Milton. 5. Hence, to try; to harass. Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
Herbert. 6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. [ Obsolete]
Ascham. To toss off ,
to drink hastily. --
To toss the cars .
See under Oar, noun
Toss Toss intransitive verb 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enreges our pain.
Tillotson. 2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. Shak. To toss for ,
to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for. --
To toss up ,
to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. Bramsion.
Toss Toss noun 1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball. 2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. Swift.
Tossel Tos"sel noun See Tassel .
Tosser Toss"er noun Ohe who tosser. J. Fletcher.
Tossily Toss"i·ly adverb In a tossy manner. [ R.]
Tossing Toss"ing noun 1. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling. 2. (Mining) (a) A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing , and treloobing , in Cornwall. Pryce. (b) A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.
Tosspot Toss"pot` noun A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard. Shak.
Tossy Toss"y adjective Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace. [ R.]
C. Kingsley.
Tost Tost imperfect & past participle of Toss.
Tosto Tos"to adjective [ Italian ]
(Mus.) Quick; rapid. Toswink To·swink" intransitive verb [ Prefix
to- +
swink .]
To labor excessively. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Tot Tot noun [ Confer
Toddle ,
Tottle ,
Totter .]
1. Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child. 2. A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint. [ Prov.Eng.]
Halliwell. 3. A foolish fellow. [ Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Tot Tot noun [ Latin ]
Lit., so much; -- a term used in the English exchequer to indicate that a debt was good or collectible for the amount specified, and often written opposite the item.
Tot Tot transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Totted ;
present participle & verbal noun Totting .]
1. To mark with the word "tot"; as, a totted debt. See Tot , noun 2. [ Confer
Total .]
To add; to count; to make up the sum of; to total; -- often with up . [ Colloq., Eng.]
The last two tot up the bill.
Thackeray.
Tota To"ta noun [ From the native name in Egypt.]
(Zoology) The grivet.
Total To"tal adjective [ French, from Late Latin
totalis , from Latin
tolus all,whole. Confer
Factotum ,
Surtout ,
Teetotum .]
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. "
Total darkness." "To undergo myself the
total crime."
Milton. Total abstinence .
See Abstinence , noun , 1. --
Total depravity .
(Theol.) See Original sin , under Original . Whole; entire; complete. See
Whole .
Total To"tal noun The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Total To"tal transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Totaled or
Totalled ;
present participle & verbal noun Totaling or
Totalling .]
To bring to a total; to add; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [ Colloq.]
Totalis To"tal·is noun [ See
Total ,
adjective ]
The total. I look on nothing but totalis .
B. Jonson.
Totalisator To"tal·i·sa`tor noun Same as Totalizator .
Totality To·tal"i·ty noun [ Confer French
totalite , Late Latin
totalitas .]
1. The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse. 2. The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totality of human knowledge. Buckle. The totality of a sentence or passage.
Coleridge.
Totalization To`tal·i·za"tion noun Act of totalizing, or state of being totalized.
Totalizator To"tal·i·za`tor noun [ From
Totalize : confer French
totalisateur .]
A machine for registering and indicating the number and nature of bets made on horse races, as in Australia and South Africa. Called also totalizer .
Totalize To"tal·ize transitive verb To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness. Coleridge.
Totalize To"tal·ize intransitive verb To use a totalizator.
Totalizer To"tal·i`zer noun Same as Totalizator .
Totally To"tal·ly adverb In a total manner; wholly; entirely.
Totalness To"tal·ness noun The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.
Totara To"ta·ra noun [ Maori.]
A coniferous tree ( Podocarpus totara ), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zeland. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine .
Tote Tote transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Toted ;
present participle & verbal noun Toting .] [ Said to be of African origin.]
To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.
Tote Tote noun [ Latin
totum , from
totus all, whole.]
The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote . [ Colloq.]
Totear To·tear" transitive verb [ Prefix
to- +
tear . ]
To tear or rend in pieces. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Totem To"tem noun [ Massachusetts Indian
wutohtimoin that to which a person or place belongs.]
A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan. And they painted on the grave posts
Of the graves, yet unforgotten,
Each his own ancestral totem
Each the symbol of his household;
Figures of the bear and reindeer,
Of the turtle, crane, and beaver.
Longfellow. The totem ,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends to the clan and watches over it.
Bagehot.
Totem pole, post To"tem pole, post A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock.
Totemic To·tem"ic adjective Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.
Totemism To"tem·ism noun 1. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem. 2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship. Tylor.
Totemist To"tem·ist noun One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. --
To`tem*is"tic adjective
Toter Tot"er noun [ See
Tote to carry.]
(Zoology) The stone roller. See Stone roller (a) , under Stone .
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